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Part 1: Beginnings, Development, and Success▼I first became intimately acquainted with the Evinrude E-TEC engines in 2006, at an Evinrude press event in Key Largo, Florida. It was at the 2003 February Miami International Boat Show that Bombardier Recreational Products first introduced the E-TEC engines in 40 through 90-horsepower models to the boating industry. Back then, the E-TEC was the new kid on the block and it’s not always easy being new, and as I would find out, different.
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The Ultimate Representation of Custom Work▼We ran this feature a long time ago, and since this was so long ago, I imagine a great deal of you have never seen this. These photos represent Randy Corson's (Wildman) build-up of a Liberator tunnel, starting as a bare white hull and ending with everything imaginable custom made.

Evinrude E-Tec: From The Very Beginning to Now ▼This has been an article that I had planned to be published months ago, however as I was working on it, I realized there is just so much more to tell here than I had originally expected. I have probably not researched any product as much as this one, and I learned a great deal about the Evinrude E-Tec platform along the way. What was most stirring was how much I didn't know about the E-Tec, and much information about it being discussed is just not accurate, or incomplete.

Mercury's Legendary Testing Location ▼It was the secret test facility where Kiekhaefer Marine conducted its performance testing and experiments. The Mercury Skunk Works, so to say. Although Lake X was really not a secret, the lake itself, which is actually called Lake Conlin, was not very easy to reach, especially
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An Incredible Decade: Part One▼I remember the very first time I arrived at the Westgate River Ranch in 2005. I had just moved to Florida in late-2003, so the world of palm trees, alligators, and best of all, year-round boating still had me in a state of constant
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Outrageous Turbine-Powered Talon 21 Tunnel ▼We all know that occasionally some pretty spectacular items show up on Ebay, and this turbine-powered Talon 21 has to be one of the more unique and incredible boats that I have seen to show up there.

I have always felt that Talon boats were one of the most beautiful and unique tunnel boat designs. There is no mistaking a Talon's aggressive, almost spaceship-like futuristic hard angles that give them such a compelling look. I suppose if I were going to drop a helicopter engine into a
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Scream And Fly Tours Bob's Machine Shop ▼In every sport, there are icons. These icons will always epitomize the very essence of what makes every sport great, and the excitement its fans and participants feel universally. These icons represent both the people and the machines; and when it comes to performance boating, the boats themselves are nearly as unique as the people that pilot them.

The 2008 Miami International Boat Show was a special event for Evinrude - it marked their 100th Anniversary. For this occasion, they had a large display of vintage engines from their collection, as well as copies of brochures
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Happy New Year! 2014 is Mercury Marine’s 75th Anniversary. The year will be filled with a variety of exciting events to celebrate our company’s rich history. Mike Butler’s restoration of “Little Red,” a historic Mercury Twistercraft tunnel race boat, is the first in a series of stories I’ll be posting throughout the year in celebration of Mercury’s rich performance heritage.

We spend a lot of time in validating our products. This is because we are responsible for entire propulsion systems – not just independent components. Everything (engines, transmissions, drives and propellers) must work together and be tolerant of each other. This includes oils and lubes. They are the system’s
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